There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.

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You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.

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I am aware of myself. And, of course, the only things that are aware of themselves and conscious of their individuality are irritated eyes, cut fingers, sore teeth. A healthy eye, finger, tooth might as well not even be there. Isn't it clear that individual consciousness is just sickness?

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Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.

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I prefer being wrong in my own way to being right in someone else's.

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We have lived through the epoch of suppression of the masses; we are living in an epoch of suppression of the individual in the name of the masses; tomorrow will bring the liberation of the individual - in the name of man.

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The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.

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There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

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Explosions are not comfortable.

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You're in bad shape. It looks like you're developing a soul.

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